fáŋgal

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From a North Germanic language, compare Swedish fängelse, Norwegian Bokmål fengsel, Norwegian Nynorsk fengsel.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈfaːŋːkal/

Noun

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fáŋgal

  1. prison

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative fáŋgal
Genitive fáŋgala
Singular Plural
Nominative fáŋgal fáŋgalat
Accusative fáŋgala fáŋgaliid
Genitive fáŋgala fáŋgaliid
Illative fáŋgalii fáŋgaliidda
Locative fáŋgalis fáŋgaliin
Comitative fáŋgaliin fáŋgaliiguin
Essive fáŋgalin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person fáŋgalan fáŋgaleamẹ fáŋgaleamẹt
2nd person fáŋgalat fáŋgaleattẹ fáŋgaleattẹt
3rd person fáŋgalis fáŋgaleaskkạ fáŋgaleasẹt

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland